Juha Ristolainenhttp://www.juharistolainen.com/
Recent content on Juha RistolainenHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 26 Sep 2017 09:04:41 +0200Back in Berlinhttp://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-07-17-berlin/
Mon, 17 Jul 2017 17:22:12 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-07-17-berlin/First months back It&rsquo;s been roughly 3 months since we moved back to Berlin from London at the start of May. I was traveling a lot for the first few weeks in Stuttgart and Munich for work so didn&rsquo;t have time to write about it before. I also spent some time in Berlin earlier (in 2008 and 2012 as an expat from Futurice) but this is the first time I&rsquo;ve properly lived here.Serverless microservices with Azure Functions and DocumentDBhttp://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-04-20-azure-functions/
Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:05:12 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-04-20-azure-functions/Background I have been working as an interim CTO in a Lean Service Creation agency here in London for the past year and one of the most interesting pieces of work that has come across my desk was to do a full replatforming for a startup in the event space.
They gave me free reign on the technology side to build a futureproof and scalable platform for them. They had grown enough to start having issues with their WordPress-only site and wanted to build a platform to take them to the next level.Careerhttp://www.juharistolainen.com/page/career/
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:13:15 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/page/career/Current My current roles include:
Principal Technologist / CTO Daimler Fleetboard Innovation Hub 2017 / 05 onwards Berlin, Germany In my current role at the Innovation Hub we are experimenting with future business models and working with proof of concepts and minimum viable products around the logistics space for Fleetboard. Applying Lean Startup and Design Thinking principles and developing solutions in an agile manner.
Interim CTO Undisclosed 2016 / 01 onwards London, United Kingdom I am the Interim CTO for a London-based company working in the Lean Service Creation space with nearshore teams.So long Londonhttp://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-04-16-moving-to-berlin/
Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:42:01 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-04-16-moving-to-berlin/We are saying goodbye to Brexit Britain in May after 4 amazing years here.
Things we love about London: Tech Scene. Undoubtedly the best place to be in tech outside of Silicon Valley. Culture &amp; science. So much to see and experience for a science geek like myself. People. We&rsquo;ve met so many lovely and interesting people during our years here who will remain our friends for life. Things we do not like so much: Congestion.About mehttp://www.juharistolainen.com/page/about/
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:00:15 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/page/about/I&rsquo;m a Finnish software craftsman with more than 20 years of experience in writing code.
I am a CTO and a Technologist with 17 years of professional experience in delivering and building digital services and applications for all kinds of customers and companies ranging from large OEMs (Nokia, Samsung, Microsoft, Vodafone) to mid-size companies all the way down to startups building their first MVP. I have built and lead a number of software delivery teams up to 40+ people in my career and I am a hands on leader.Code::Statshttp://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-03-21-code-stats-vscode/
Tue, 21 Mar 2017 17:53:18 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-03-21-code-stats-vscode/I recently discovered a service called Code::Stats. It&rsquo;s a simple service that tracks how many keystokes you do while editing your source files using plugins to your favourite editors. Each keystore measures as 1 XP or Experience Point.
There were already a few plugins available for Atom, Sublime Text 3 and IntelliJ editors but none for my main editor Visual Studio Code. Code::Stats has a simple API so I created an extension to Visual Studio Code for it.MS Accelerator London Cohort 7http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-02-02-ms-accel-cohort-7/
Thu, 02 Feb 2017 12:22:18 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-02-02-ms-accel-cohort-7/I was kindly invited to take part in one of the judging panels for cohort 7 in the Microsoft Accelerator in London. Thank you for an interesting day.
I was happily surprised at the level of the applicant startups. Most of them were of high quality. The focus was clearly in more established startups rather than very early stage. Each venture had an established team and product already and were looking for Microsoft’s help in scaling/accelerating their business.A Few Tips for Hunting Developer Roleshttp://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-01-17-dev-jobhunting-tips/
Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:45:12 +0000http://www.juharistolainen.com/post/2017-01-17-dev-jobhunting-tips/Background I’ve worked in service creation agencies, big corporations, startups as well as an accelerator. I’ve been hiring for different roles of cross-functional delivery teams for the last years. I am closing in on a hundred hires for development (backend, frontend, mobile), UX, UI, Product Owner, Scrum Master and QA people during these last years. I’ve seen tons and tons of CVs and applications in the Finnish, German and UK markets from all over the world.